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French President Emmanuel Macron issued a stern warning on Wednesday in Doha about the Gulf’s fragile security situation, urging “extreme caution” to avoid escalating tensions that could reignite conflict, after talks with Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.

Extreme heat is making pregnancy and childbirth more dangerous, health experts warn. Nearly three in four doctors, midwives and other maternal health workers say that heat-related cases or complications have increased over the past five years, according to a survey commissioned by global health foundation Wellcome.